485BXT 1 d33363d485bxt.htm FORM 485BXT Form 485BXT

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 12, 2023

File Nos. 333-92935 and 811-09729

 

 

 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM N-1A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

    
Post-Effective Amendment No. 2,693     
and/or     

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940

    
Amendment No. 2,693     

(Check appropriate box or boxes)

 

 

iShares Trust

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

c/o BlackRock Fund Advisors

400 Howard Street

San Francisco, CA 94105

(Address of Principal Executive Office)(Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code: (415) 670-2000

The Corporation Trust Company

1209 Orange Street

Wilmington, DE 19801

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

 

 

With Copies to:

 

MARGERY K. NEALE, ESQ.

BENJAMIN J. HASKIN, ESQ.

ANNE C. CHOE, ESQ.

 

MARISA ROLLAND, ESQ.

BLACKROCK FUND

ADVISORS

WILLKIE FARR &
GALLAGHER LLP
 

400 HOWARD STREET

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94105

787 SEVENTH AVENUE  
NEW YORK, NY 10019-6099  

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):

 

☐   Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)

  

☒   On January 11, 2024, pursuant to paragraph (b)

☐   60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

  

☐   On (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

☐   75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)

  

☐   On (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)

If appropriate, check the following box:

 

The post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

 

 

 


Explanatory Note

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 2,693 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A is being filed pursuant to paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of Rule 485 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), solely for the purpose of delaying, until January 11, 2024, the effectiveness of the registration statement for the iShares Energy Storage & Materials ETF, filed in Post-Effective Amendment No. 2,674 on September 29, 2023, pursuant to paragraph (a) of Rule 485 of the 1933 Act.

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 2,693 incorporates by reference the information contained in Part A, B, and C of Post-Effective Amendment No. 2,674.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it meets all the requirements for the effectiveness of this Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b)(1)(iii) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2,693 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of San Francisco and the State of California on the 12th day of December, 2023.

iSHARES TRUST 

 

By:  

         

  Dominik Rohé*
  President
  Date: December 12, 2023

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 2,693 to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

By:  

         

  Salim Ramji*
  Trustee
  Date: December 12, 2023
 

         

  John E. Martinez*
  Trustee
  Date: December 12, 2023
 

         

  Cecilia H. Herbert*
  Trustee
  Date: December 12, 2023
 

     

  John E. Kerrigan*
  Trustee
  Date: December 12, 2023
 

     

  Robert S. Kapito*
  Trustee
  Date: December 12, 2023


 

         

  Madhav V. Rajan*
  Trustee
  Date: December 12, 2023
 

     

  Jane D. Carlin*
  Trustee
  Date: December 12, 2023
 

     

  Drew E. Lawton*
  Trustee
  Date: December 12, 2023
 

     

  Richard L. Fagnani*
  Trustee
  Date: December 12, 2023
 

/s/ Trent W. Walker

  Trent W. Walker*
 

Treasurer and Chief

Financial Officer

  Date: December 12, 2023
*By:  

/s/ Trent W. Walker

  Trent W. Walker
  Attorney-in-fact
  Date: December 12, 2023

 

*

Powers of Attorney, each dated March 30, 2023, for Dominik Rohé, Salim Ramji, Jane D. Carlin, Cecilia H. Herbert, John E. Kerrigan, John E. Martinez, Madhav V. Rajan, Robert S. Kapito, Drew E. Lawton, Richard L. Fagnani and Trent W. Walker are incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 2,632, filed March 31, 2023.